- Why I filed a class action lawsuit against Walmart (drugtopics.modernmedicine.com)
California pharmacist Afrouz Nikmanesh recently filed a class-action lawsuit against Walmart, alleging the retail giant cheated her and her colleagues out of work breaks and overtime pay.
- FDA approves Medicines Co’s blood clot drug after a decade (newsdaily.com)
Food and Drug Administration …Medicines Co’s blood clot preventer Cangrelor (Kengreal), which has faced multiple setbacks since it first entered late-stage studies close to a decade back...funneled about $200 million into developing Cangrelor over the past decade, which included two unsuccessful trials and a pivotal study last year that drew scathing criticism as well as a rejection from the FDA.
- Deadly Chinese drugs are flooding the U.S., and police can’t stop them (washingtonpost.com)
Want to get your hands on a sizable amount of the latest designer street drug? It’s nearly as easy as typing “research chemicals” into Google, exasperated American officials say.….. endless list of Chinese Web sites hawking wholesale chemicals at a bargain price,…..
- GSK sells two vaccines to Pfizer to ease competition concerns (newsdaily.com)
GSK agreed to sell the two older vaccines, which are marketed outside the United States and had combined sales last year of 34 million pounds ($54 million), to meet concerns raised by the European Commission and other antitrust regulators.
- General Dynamics Awarded $43 Million to Continue Supporting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Retiree Drug Subsidy Program (generaldynamics.com)
General Dynamics Information Technology,.. was awarded a contract to continue assisting the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services Retiree Drug Subsidy program. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a value of approximately $43.5 million….
- Drug laws in Japan pose problems for Toyota exec (usatoday.com)
The president of Toyota publicly backed Julie Hamp a day after she was arrested and accused of smuggling prescription painkillers (Oxycodone) into the country…. possession is illegal in Japan without a prescription and special permission is required to bring it into the country.
- Team-Based Care Reduces Inappropriate Prescribing for Older Patients (pharmacytimes.com)
Clinical pharmacists included in team-based interventions can reduce the proportion of potentially inappropriate medications dispensed to elderly patients in the emergency department ...Enhancing the Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged… integrated provider education, electronic medical record-embedded pharmacy order sets, and peer feedback and benchmarking into the care model.
- 40 Charged, Huge Cash and Drug Seizures of Organization Tied to Murders (dea.gov)
DEA investigation that yielded over 50 federal indictments for a nationwide drug trafficking organization….operation yielded over $2 million in cash, 82 pounds of methamphetamine, 5 kilograms of heroin, 12 kilograms of cocaine, and over 1,000 pounds of marijuana. In addition, several murders were connected to members of this violent criminal network.
- Generic Drugs Should Look Similar to the Drugs They Reference, FDA Says (raps.org)
Food and Drug Administration is recommending drugs made by generic manufacturers closely mimic the physical attributes, including the size, shape and color, of the drugs they reference.
- NIH Plots out Path Forward After Disastrous FDA Inspection (raps.org)
..National Institutes of Health says it is working quickly to figure out how to correct major deficiencies uncovered by the Food and Drug Administration last month at one of its drug compounding facilities…4 June 2015, NIH issued a statement saying it had "suspended operations" at its Pharmaceutical Development Section following an inspection…